Hello all. My name is Kevin...living in Northeast Ohio. I've been smoking with a WSM for 10-something years and have finally gathered the courage and the cash to build my own smoker. Been posting my progress over on another board and was invited to join up over here. Looking forward to sharing the rest of my progress/build and then talkin' Q with y'all.

Started with an old 120 gallon compressor tank that I picked up for 85 bucks.

Next up I need to fabricate my plenum and then attach my stack. Once that's done I'll actually be able to light a fire in the girl to make sure she flows well. Assuming there are no problems with that, I'll pass it off to a blaster to have it blasted in and out and then paint flat black. Then it's off to season and practice...followed by finally being able to cook more than one brisket...or maybe racks of ribs that are nice and flat rather than coiled up like I've had to in the past :)

Overall she flowed and burned well. I was a little concerned about the amount of wood she was chewing thru, but this being my first stick burner I'm 99% sure that's all on me and not on the smoker. Now I just need to finish fabricating up my tuning plates, a damper handle for the firebox, the lid handles, and a shelf then she's off for blasting! I hope to be starting my first cook in two weeks...just in time for Labor Day weekend! :)